Re: Are scooters just a novelty or do people keep them because they book, cheap to maintain and last a lifetime?


"marcin dobrucki" <no_spam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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CB wrote:
Is that because you want to look forward rather than down?
What I picture is to drag behind the thing (running parallel to duh
Earth)
looking down to the bottom.

Others mentioned it already... prop wash. You will eventually drive
your Torpedo in the same way, slightly below you. If you want to look
down, you stop, look down, then continue on your merry way :)

I have seen some people drive a torpedo. It looks quite nice too. We
were only unsure about the separate magnet as switch in club use (easy
to misplace).

That's some kind of security measure?

As far as I understand, that's how the Torpedo switch works. Quoting
the manufacturer website:

"Switch

A magnetically activated reed switch, is designed for both safety and
dependability. A magnet, convienently inserted in a velco palm strap,
activates the switch."

This is what I received as correspondence with the factory:

"By the way, the Torpedo switch is magnetically activated -- no trottle.
The switch handle is clearly marked and you simply apply the magnet ( which
is in a convenient palm strap) against the switch area and off you go."
--Alfred Cho-Chung-Hing

I thought there was a 'high' and 'low' speed, the formor would give 45
minutes of speed the later would give 1.5 hours of speed, no?


All scooters are designed in such a way that when you let the
scooter/handle go, the scooter switches off. If for some reason it
doesn't, then depending in the situation, you either jam it into the
bottom, and wait till the batteries run out, go around in circles until
the batteries run out, let/cut the scooter lose, and wave bye bye :)

/m


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